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BALTIMORE, Maryland — The Salvation Army opened its first full-service grocery store in Baltimore on Wednesday in what it hopes will be the first of many stores. “If this works, Baltimore wants us to open two or three more stores,” Maj. Gene A. Hogg, the Salvation Army’s Central Maryland area commander, told HuffPost on Monday….

NIGERIA, Africa — Nigerian (Africa) billionaire, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has been named the 100th richest person according Forbes Magazine in their latest release of its annual list of the world’s top wealthiest people for 2018. Dagnote, Africa’s richest person has a fortune estimated at $14.1 billion. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, founded and chairs Dangote…

RWANDA, Rwinkwavu — When Ruthie Semere was just 10-years of age, her passport included stamps from her visits to places like Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France and the UK! Her passion for traveling started at an early age, beginning when her family migrated to Sweden from Eritrea (Africa), by way of Italy due to the…

HELSINKI, Finland — Finland supports the World Food Programme (WFP) by EUR 32 million as core support for 2018–2021. “Because of the prolonged conflicts and climate change, the number of hungry people in the world has unfortunately started to rise again. WFP has a key role in combatting hunger. This multiannual core support enables the…

ATLANTA, Georgia — Tip “T.I.” Harris has finally came to terms with national restaurant chain, Houston’s, after Tip, Jay Morrison and Ernestine Johnson kicked off a local protest of all Atlanta locations due to the mistreatment of minority patrons and employees. Official Statement from Tip Harris: “Over the past few months, we (me, Ernestine Johnson…

NEW YORK, New York — Marvel’s Black Panther director, Ryan Coogler, pens a letter expressing his gratitude to fans that supported the blockbuster film in its opening weekend. “Never in a million years did we imagine that you all would come out this strong,” Coogler wrote in a letter tweeted by Marvel on Tuesday. “It…

MONTREAL, Canada –C2 Montréal 2018 announced that Snoop Dogg will speak at at it’s 7th edition held from May 23rd to 25th, 2018 in Montreal, Canada at the Arsenal art gallery in Montréal, Canada. The artist turned entrepreneur will take centre stage in the Big Top to discuss his entrepreneurial vision for the cannabis industry….

FINLAND — Nordic Business Group founders Hans-Peter Siefen and Jyri Lindén were presented with the provincial Entrepreneur of the Year award in Central Finland. Nordic Business Group is the parent company of Nordic Business Forum and Nordic Business Investments. We are thrilled to share with you that Hans-Peter and Jyri have received the provincial Entrepreneur…

LIBERIA, Africa — The Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced that it has named former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Africa’s first elected female head of state, as the recipient of its $ 5 miilion Leadership Award designed to improve the quality of African political leadership. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who served…

MIAMI, Florida — Jay-Z his extended his personal support of upholding Trayvon Martin’s legacy as he delivered a speech on his behalf at the Peace Walk & Peace Talk in Miami Gardens, Florida over the weekend. Together with Trayvon’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, the hip-hop mogul spoke on the incident that disrupted many…